Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2019

[Mark]

A bit off topic but worth noting some WW2 awesome history remembered.
This Friday morning over Sheffield Park UK a 75th anniversary flyover of US and UK aircraft in commemorative flight of the US
B-17 "Mi Amigo" that crashed there in 1944. Sad story but one local witness at 4 years old now 82 kept the memory and history alive.

Here’s how you can watch the Endcliffe Park flypast in tribute to the brave crew of Mi Amigo - 75 years on

B-roll of US F-15E's warming up today at Lakenheath for Friday flyover.
Mi Amigo Flyover Takeoffs

 

[Mark]

The Sheffield memorial flyover for WW2 "Mi Amigo" C-17 crew went well this morning in the UK.
Tony Foulds the local gentleman waving had worked many years to get this finally done.
Nice finish with Lakenheath US F-15E's doing a missing man formation.. Big crowd as well.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1098869439515295744

 

[RaleighGuy]

Seeing a flight belonging to the Pakistan military inbound tonight:

R09-001 76209A
Pakistan Air Force
Pakistan Military
Ilyushin IL-78 MP, IL76

Unrelated, looking at the callsign on this other aircraft I saw, at 1837 eastern heading south from FLA, would this be one of the planes flying to/from Gitmo in Cuba? First time seeing this:

163842 AE0751
United States Navy GTMO762
United States Military
Beech UC-12M Huron, BE20

 

[FIREBOX2914]

Those GTMO birds are coming, usually coming out of NAS JAX or MIA.

 

[Mark]

Potus to Vietnam assume Monday.. prep flights of C-17's have been going to VVND
Noi Bai airport Hanoi and back to Kadena RODN.
Interesting how RCH519 437thAW C-17 08-8204 avoids Chinese airspace on way to Kadena.

Air Mobility Command (MC) #519 ✈ 23-Feb-2019 ✈ HAN / VVNB - DNA / RODN ✈ FlightAware

 

[Mark]

Langley trying for a 3rd F-22 squadron, possibly relocate the Tyndall F-22 TW to Langley course
will be a couple years before someone makes a decision.

Push for a third Raptor squadron at Langley AFB gets a congressional shove

 

[mdmonitor]

The Sheffield memorial flyover for WW2 "Mi Amigo" C-17 crew went well this morning in the UK.
Tony Foulds the local gentleman waving had worked many years to get this finally done.
Nice finish with Lakenheath US F-15E's doing a missing man formation.. Big crowd as well.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1098869439515295744

NBC News had coverage of this tonight. They said that Tony visits the memorial in the park almost every day. He & others were playing in the park that day when the B-177 tried an emergency landing in the park. The acft spotted the children and deliberately veered off and crashed into the trees saving the kids.

 

[RaleighGuy]

From the current version of the DoD FLIGHT INFORMATION PUBLICATION GENERAL PLANNING (GP) Publication, Chapter 5...

Nice little overview of Codes For Aircraft Identification. While most of the experienced have seen or know this thought some of the new people would find it interesting.

A link to all current DoD Flight Information Publications and charts is posted in another forum.
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/dod-ap-1-b-air-refueling-training-routes.383875/page-2

 

[Mark]

Potus to Vietnam assume Monday.. prep flights of C-17's have been going to VVND
Noi Bai airport Hanoi and back to Kadena RODN.

Potus on way home 92-9000 eastbound this time near Japan 1200z

 

[RaleighGuy]

Potus on way home 92-9000 eastbound this time near Japan 1200z

Caught a glimpse of 09-0016, SAM18, on way back before it fell off.

 

[Mark]

Caught Royal 52 Dover C-17 going to McGuire early today at first calling
usual "Brickyard" CP then asked for secondary freq and read back 138.500.
I guess no joy as back on CP 134.100 freq inbound this time calling KINGFISH Op and getting parking.
That's a new callsign for me..

 

[freqhopping]

Hear about this oopsie? I'm not sure which one it is, but it's not these:
162782
162783
162784
163918
163920
164387
164388
164404 if it's the one using 924924 currently. 163918 is using it's correct hex.
164406
Whatever is using 29CBB8 currently.



164386 Last logged May 2018
163919, 164405/408/409/410 haven't been logged with correct codes on ADSB-X.







Here’s what happened to a Navy plane that’s vital to America’s nuclear triad

 

[RaleighGuy]

Potus on way home 92-9000 eastbound this time near Japan 1200z

Even with a stop in Alaska POTUS getting into ADW earlier than expected, entering W VA 0045

 

[Mark]

Even with a stop in Alaska POTUS getting into ADW earlier than expected, entering W VA 0045

Rgr real good time EB with that strong Jetstream zipping across the US.
As usual trailing an hour+behind in NW Canada the E-4B 73-1676
Prob just headed home to Offutt.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Little bit of activity tonight between RDU and PSK, hearing military plane traffic on ZDC 118.925. All three flying circles between Raleigh NC and Florence SC. Can't find the military freq.

Hoist 54 87-0120 DC10
Hoist 55 85-0027 DC10

 

[mdmonitor]

Guys,

Couple of news items:

U.S. Navy Declares F-35C Fighter Ready for Service

The Origins of the Search and Rescue Helicopter

 

[FIREBOX2914]

For those who saw it on the tracker today.

AE6233 (showing MUSEL2) was Calling MUSEL16 and was 69-6633

 

[BM82557]

For those who saw it on the tracker today.

AE6233 (showing MUSEL2) was Calling MUSEL16 and was 69-6633

I've had that one on ads-b before but didn't know the tail number. Thanks for the info.

 

[Mark]

Just to let you MD guys know on New England Milair thread I am talking about a Buff deployment coming up
as no double posts allowed here on RR but can link

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/new-england-area-milcom-monitoring.384586/#post-3086812

 

[BM82557]

Just to let you MD guys know on New England Milair thread I am talking about a Buff deployment coming up
as no double posts allowed here on RR but can link

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/new-england-area-milcom-monitoring.384586/#post-3086812

I had AE586D & AE5893 yesterday afternoon in the 13:40 - 13:50 local timeframe.